Vehicle control device, vehicle control method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTakuya KUME, Kazuki IZUMI
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Abstract
A vehicle control device is used for a subject vehicle that can travel by autonomous driving and allows an occupant seated in a driver's seat to sleep. The vehicle control device detects the approach of an emergency vehicle to the subject vehicle. The vehicle control device grasps whether the occupant is asleep. When an emergency vehicle approaches the subject vehicle while the occupant is asleep during an autonomous driving period using the autonomous driving, the vehicle control device executes a restriction approach notification that notifies the occupant of an approach of the emergency vehicle using a display while restricting the awakening notification that prompts the occupant to wake up.
Claims20
A vehicle control device used for a subject vehicle that can travel by autonomous driving and allows an occupant seated in a driver's seat to sleep, the vehicle control device comprising:
- at least one of (i) a circuit and (ii) a processor with a memory storing computer program code executable by the processor, the at least one of the circuit and the processor configured to cause the vehicle control device to:
- grasp an approach of an emergency vehicle to the subject vehicle;
- grasp whether the occupant is asleep;
- execute an emergency vehicle approach notification that notifies the occupant of the approach of the emergency vehicle;
- and
- execute a restriction approach notification that notifies the occupant of the approach of the emergency vehicle using a display while restricting an awakening notification that prompts the occupant to wake up when the emergency vehicle approaches the subject vehicle while the occupant is asleep during an autonomous driving period using the autonomous driving.
A vehicle control method used for a subject vehicle that can travel by autonomous driving and allows an occupant seated in a driver's seat to sleep, the vehicle control method comprising a process executed by at least one processing unit, the process including:
- grasping an approach of an emergency vehicle to the subject vehicle;
- grasping whether the occupant is asleep;
- and
- executing a restriction approach notification that notifies the occupant of the approach of the emergency vehicle by display while restricting an awakening notification that prompts the occupant to wake up when the emergency vehicle approaches the subject vehicle while the occupant is asleep during an autonomous driving period using the autonomous driving.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions being executed by a computer, the instructions including a computer-implemented method for a subject vehicle that can travel by autonomous driving and allows an occupant seated in a driver's seat to sleep, the instructions including:
- grasping an approach of an emergency vehicle to the subject vehicle;
- grasping whether the occupant is asleep;
- and
- executing a restriction approach notification that notifies the occupant of the approach of the emergency vehicle by display while restricting an awakening notification that prompts the occupant to wake up when the emergency vehicle approaches the subject vehicle while the occupant is asleep during an autonomous driving period using the autonomous driving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.